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Event helps Southern Local students prepare for year

SALINEVILLE – Many families gathered on the grounds of the Southern Local Schools’ campus Monday evening to receive school supplies and enjoy some outdoor fun as they prepared for the start of a new school year. Through the involvement of many staff members, volunteers and various ...

Embezzlement suspect waives preliminary hearing in Hancock County

NEW CUMBERLAND — A man accused of embezzling from a local youth sports organization will be heading to Circuit Court. David Andrew Brown, 54, of Chester, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Hancock County Magistrate Court Thursday morning before Magistrate Steve Svokas. Arrested in ...

On the calendar

FRI/9-4 Columbiana Good As New Shoppe, Methodist Church, 210 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 75 percent off all summer items in the shoppe. East Liverpool Fish dinner, 4-7 p.m., Second Baptist Church, 1091 Pennsylvania Ave.; fish, mac and cheese and green beans for $14 VFW Post 66 Bingo, 6:30 p.m.; 25 cents a card, five cards for a $1, 50 cents coverall; pizza and fresh popcorn available for purchase East Palestine Way Station, open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 109 W. Rebecca St. Eagles kitchen open 4-8 p.m., beer batter cod fish specials on a dish $10, sandwich with side $11, dinner with ...

Liverpool Township trustees approve annual forestry mutual aid agreement

LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP — Trustees approved and signed the annual forestry mutual aid agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Trustees Tuesday approved the Cooperative Agreement for Wildland Fire Suppression Within the Report Payment Areas agreement with the ODNR’s Division of Forestry. The agreement is for Liverpool Township Volunteer Fire Department and other fire departments in the area to respond to and provide mutual aid for wildfires in their jurisdiction and provide a firefighter to function as a liaison between the department and the Division of Forestry. ...

Participants still sought for East Palestine health study

EAST PALESTINE — Participants are still being sought for a health study conducted by the University of Kentucky. Erin Haynes, who serves as Principal Investigator of the East Palestine Train Derailment Health Research Program, visited Village Council in recent weeks to go over the program. Led by the University of Kentucky with partners at the University of Pittsburgh and Yale University the study exists to answer the health and water questions the community has been asking since February 2023, the team said. The study is built to follow participants over time to determine the ...